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Chapter 16 Vocabulary
Making a Living
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 1
12/04/2013

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Adaptive Strategy
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measn of making a living; productive system
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Band
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basic social unit among foragers; fewer than 100 people; may split seasonally
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Correlation
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association; when one variable changes, another does, too
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Horticulture
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nonindustrial plant cultivation with fallowing
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Agriculture
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cultivation using land and labor continuously and intensively
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Cultivation Continuum
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continuum of land and labor use
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Pastoralists
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herders of domesticated animals
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Nomadism (pastoral)
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annual movement of entire pastoral group with herds
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Transhumance
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system in which only part of population moves seasonally with herds
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Economy
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system f resource production, distribution, and consumption
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Made of Production
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specific set of social relations that organizes labor
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Means (or factors) of Production
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major productive resources, e.g., land, labor, technology, capital
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Peasant
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small-scale farmer with rent fund obligations
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Economizing
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allocation of scarce means among alternative ends
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Market Principle
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buying, selling, and valuation based on supply and demand
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Reciprocity
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principle governing exchanges among social equals
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Redistribution
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flow of goods into center, then back out; characteristic of chiefdoms
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Reciprocity Continuum
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a continuum running from generalized reciprocity (closely related/deferred return) to negative reciprocity (strangers/immediate return)
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Generalized Reciprocity
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exchagnes among closely related individuals
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Balanced Reciprocity
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midpoint onĀ reciprocity continuum, between generalized and negative reciprocity
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Negative Reciprocity
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potentially hostile exchanges among strangers
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Potlatch
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competitive feast on North Pacific coast of North America
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